Stories of the Gorilla CountryHarper & Brothers, 1869 - 292 páginas |
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... Wild Boars . - A Leopard takes a Ride on a Bull . - Sick with the Fever ...... ............... 15 25 CHAPTER IV . A Village on the Sea - shore . - Lying in wait for a Leopard ............... 34 CHAPTER V. The Bay of Corisco . - The ...
... Wild Boars . - A Leopard takes a Ride on a Bull . - Sick with the Fever ...... ............... 15 25 CHAPTER IV . A Village on the Sea - shore . - Lying in wait for a Leopard ............... 34 CHAPTER V. The Bay of Corisco . - The ...
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... Wild Boars . Buffalo Hunt . - Return to Sangatanga . - King Bango sick ... ............... .. 147 - CHAPTER XIX . A jolly Excursion Party . A Race for the Fishing Banks . Oroungou Burial - ground .................. CHAPTER XX . - The ...
... Wild Boars . Buffalo Hunt . - Return to Sangatanga . - King Bango sick ... ............... .. 147 - CHAPTER XIX . A jolly Excursion Party . A Race for the Fishing Banks . Oroungou Burial - ground .................. CHAPTER XX . - The ...
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... wild country as Africa one does not go far without adventures . The traveler necessarily sees what is strange and wonderful , for every thing is strange . In this book I have attempted to relate some of the incidents of life in Africa ...
... wild country as Africa one does not go far without adventures . The traveler necessarily sees what is strange and wonderful , for every thing is strange . In this book I have attempted to relate some of the incidents of life in Africa ...
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... wild country on the West Coast of Africa , near the equator . It was a very wild country indeed . As we came in sight of the land , which was covered with forest , canoes began to start from the shore toward us ; and , as we neared the ...
... wild country on the West Coast of Africa , near the equator . It was a very wild country indeed . As we came in sight of the land , which was covered with forest , canoes began to start from the shore toward us ; and , as we neared the ...
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... wild and so savage that I thought they would kill me at once . I was led to the village , which stood not far from the sea , and was hidden from view by the very large trees and the great forest that surrounded it . On one side of the ...
... wild and so savage that I thought they would kill me at once . I was led to the village , which stood not far from the sea , and was hidden from view by the very large trees and the great forest that surrounded it . On one side of the ...
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Stories of the Gorilla Country: Narrated for Young People Paul Belloni Du Chaillu Vista completa - 1868 |
Stories of the Gorilla Country: Narrated for Young People Paul Belloni Du Chaillu Vista completa - 1867 |
Términos y frases comunes
Aboko Africa Anengue animal Bakalai barracoons beast beautiful began big king birds body Boumba buffaloes called camp Cannibals canoe Cape Lopez Cloth Commi crocodiles Damagondai dance dark dry season elephant eyes face Fans Fasiko feet fellow felt Fernand-Vaz Fetich fire fish forest Gambo gave gazelle gorilla grass GRAY PARTRIDGE ground guns hair hands head heard herd hippopotami huge hunt hunters Igala immense killed King Bango legs leop leopard looked mainsail MARABOUTS Mbéné mbuiti meat morning Mpongwe musquitoes natives negroes never Niamkala night noise nshiego mbouvé olako Oroungou paddled palm wine phant piece plantain poor prairie prey Quengueza Ranpano river rushed Sangala Sangatanga savage sawfish seemed seen sharks Shekiani shot shouted skin slaves sleep snake stood suddenly thing thought tired told took trees village wanted watched wild women wonder woods
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Página 247 - The mother fell, but the baby clung to her, and, with pitiful cries, endeavoured to attract her attention. I came up, and when it saw me it hid its poor little head in its mother's breast. It could neither walk nor bite, so we could easily manage it ; and I carried it while the men bore the mother on a pole. When we got to the village another scene ensued. The men put the body down, and I set the little fellow near. As soon as he saw his mother he crawled to her and threw himself on her breast. He...
Página 63 - ... began to look about the ruins of the village near which we sat. A degenerate kind of sugar-cane was growing on the very spot where the houses had formerly stood, and I made haste to pluck some of this and chew it for the little sweetness it had. But, as we were plucking, my men perceived what instantly threw us all into the greatest excitement. Here and there the cane was beaten down, torn up by the roots, and lying about in fragments which had evidently been chewed. I knew that these were fresh...
Página 266 - When it burned up 93 brightly, a brass ring from the doctor's hand was cast into the pot ; the doctor stood by with a little vase full of grass soaked in water of which he threw in now and then some bits. This made the oil blaze up afresh. At last all was burned out, and now came the trial.
Página 271 - It was a lone male — the kind who are always most ferocious; and this fellow made the woods ring with his roar, which is really an awful sound, resembling very much the rolling and muttering of distant thunder. He was about twenty yards off when we first saw him. We at once gathered together, and I was about to take aim and bring him down where he stood, when Malaouen stopped me, saying, in a whisper, "Not time yet.
Página 242 - ... passed round his head. The face was painted white, and on each side of the mouth were two round red spots. About his neck hung a necklace of grass and also a cord, which held a box against his breast. This little box is sacred, and contains spirits. A number of strips of leopard and other skins crossed his breast, and were exposed about his person ; and all these were charmed, and had charms attached to them. From each shoulder down to his hands was a white stripe, and one hand was painted quite...
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Página 193 - I sent for some of the forest berries which these animals are known to prefer, and placed these and a cup of water within his reach. He was exceedingly shy, and would neither eat nor drink till I had removed to a considerable distance. The second day found Joe, as I had named him, fiercer than the first. He rushed savagely at any one who stood even for a moment near his cage, and seemed ready to tear us all to pieces. I threw him today some pineapple leaves, of which I noticed he ate only the white...
Página 66 - I caught a glimpse of one of the animals again, but an intervening tree spoiled my mark, and I did not fire. We ran till we were exhausted, but in vain. The alert beasts made good their escape. When we could pursue no more we returned slowly to our camp, where the women were anxiously expecting us.